diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a0047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+termmapper
+.git
+*.tmp
+*.log
+# Include all Go source files and directories
+!*.go
+!cmd/
+!config/
+!parser/
+!ast/
+!mapper/
+!matcher/
+!mappings/
+!/LICENSE
+!.dockerignore
+!go.mod
+!go.sum
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d24867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Build stage
+FROM golang:latest AS build
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+  apt-get upgrade -y ca-certificates
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . /src
+
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./...
+
+# Build static
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 \
+    go build -v \
+    -ldflags "-extldflags '-static' -s -w" \
+    --trimpath \
+    -o /src/termmapper ./cmd/termmapper/
+
+FROM gruebel/upx:latest AS upx
+
+COPY --from=build /src/termmapper /termmapper-big
+
+# Compress the binary and copy it to final image
+RUN upx --best --lzma -o /termmapper /termmapper-big
+
+# Main stage
+FROM scratch AS final
+
+WORKDIR /
+
+EXPOSE 5725
+
+COPY --from=build /etc/ssl/certs /etc/ssl/certs
+COPY --from=build /src/mappings /mappings
+COPY --from=upx   /termmapper      /termmapper
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/termmapper" ]
+
+LABEL maintainer="korap@ids-mannheim.de"
+LABEL description="Docker Image for KoralPipe-TermMapper"
+LABEL repository="https://github.com/KorAP/KoralPipe-TermMapper"
+
+# docker build -f Dockerfile -t korap/koralpipe-termmapper:latest .
+# docker run --rm --network host korap/koralpipe-termmapper:latest -m /mappings/*.yaml
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2cd1409..6606978 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
 
 fuzz:
 	go test -fuzz=FuzzTransformEndpoint -fuzztime=1m ./cmd/termmapper
+
+docker:
+	docker build -f Dockerfile -t korap/koralpipe-termmapper:latest .
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b81ee81..64fd399 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 # Optional: Custom server endpoint for Kalamar plugin integration  
 server: "https://custom.example.com/"
 
-# Optional: Port to listen on (default: 3000)
+# Optional: Port to listen on (default: 5725)
 port: 8080
 
 # Optional: Log level - debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)